Dimply Plum Cake

Thank you Michelle of Bake-en for choosing this weeks recipe. Please see Michelle's Dimply Plum Cake! You can view the entire recipe found on page 41. Plum History Plums (Prunus domestica) date back in writing to 479 B.C. They were prominent in the writings and songs of Confucius which include a listing of popular foods of Chinese culture. In 65 B.C., Pompey the Great introduced the plum to the orchards of Rome, and Alexander the Great eventually brought them to the Mediterranean regions. Early American colonists found wild plums growing along the east coast, but today the common European plum has replaced the native wild plum in popularity and as a commercial crop. Plums are now the second most cultivated fruit in the world, second only to apples. You have had your history lesson for the day!! Sweet Plums from the store......... Ready to bake..... Plums, plums ,plums everywhere I look I see plums. That is exactly what I thought as a child from age 7 to 16. My parents had every kind of fruit tree you can think of. The one that really sticks out in my mind is the plum tree. My brothers and I spent many hours picking up those darn plums from the ground. We usually did not get away from this chore without having a flat out wild plum fight. I think I was nailed with more plums than my brothers actually picked up and put in the baskets! Oh did we have fun!! I think my mom made every kind of plum recipe she could think of. We had Plum fruit leather, Plum pie, Plum cake, Plum jam, plum sauce and sugar plums. Not to mentioned those sugar plum fairies we had to see EVERY year in the Nut cracker. My bothers preferred plum wars over plum fairies dancing on stage. I have to say all of these plum visions did not ruin my love of plums. I still think they taste great, however, I had a really hard time purchasing them after my days of just walking outside and picking one from our tree. Oh well times have changed.

Plum Trees.....

Sugar Plum fairies(see above)!!.....

Plum Fruit Leather.....

This recipe was super easy to put together and I loved the way the plums settled down into their home of sweet brown sugar dough. My house was filled with the best aroma ever. I sprinkled a little sugar crystal on top for a sparkle look. Well plums pleased me once again. I loved this little cake. I'm thinking my brothers may enjoy it too. Maybe someday I can make it for them! These roses are from my husband. Im in Love!